Process Development Senior Engineer

**Process Development Senior Engineer**

**Amgen Singapore Manufacturing, Singapore**

**HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?**

Amgen is one of the world’s leading independent biotechnology companies. For over 4 decades, Amgen has pioneered biotechnology breakthroughs, to bring state-of-the-art medicines from laboratory to the patient. Amgen has not only discovered and developed innovative human therapeutics, but has invested in cutting edge manufacturing capability and support services to deliver these exciting therapies to medical teams around the world. Japan and Asia Pacific (JAPAC) is the fastest growing region in Amgen. Now we are hiring a **Process Development Senior Engineer **in **Amgen Singapore Manufacturing**.

**Process Development Senior Engineer**:
**Live**:
**What you will do**

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you, the PD Senior Engineer will provide scientific and technical leadership within the Process Development group at Amgen’s Next Generation Biologics Manufacturing Facility in Singapore. This is one of the most advanced biotech manufacturing facilities in the world: employing the latest technologies for single use processing, connected processing, and real-time process analytical technologies.

Main Responsibilities:

- Assume a Subject Matter Expert role within ASM Process Development for cell culture and/or purification commercial process support.
- Experienced in Technology Transfer of new process and technology to commercial site.
- Must have strong knowledge of cell culture, product recovery and protein purification process.
- Must have good understanding of process characterization and process scale up to resolve technical issues observed during transfer / manufacturing at large scale.
- Able to lead small team and lead projects focused on non-routine activities including facility start up, process qualification through to regulatory filing, process performance monitoring, floor support, and troubleshooting of unit operations.
- Integrate trends, data and information into plans, deliverables and recommendations
- Manage key projects to deliver site goals while meeting quality, schedule, and cost objectives.
- Lead productivity projects, process optimization, complex investigation, and product life cycle management.

All listed tasks and responsibilities are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional tasks and responsibilities.

**Win**:
**What we expect of you**:
**Qualifications**:

- Doctorate degree OR
- Master’s degree and 2 years of directly related experience OR
- Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of directly related experience OR
- Diploma and 8 years of directly related experience
- Relevant work experience in the commercial manufacturing environment within the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industries
- Experience with regulated environments (i.e. cGMP) required
- In depth purification and cell culture process knowledge, including disposables technologies and harvest technologies
- Experienced in providing floor support, troubleshooting unit operations, and resolving and documenting investigations to support cGMP production
- Comprehensive understanding of commissioning, qualification and verification protocol execution requirements
- Comprehensive experience in process characterization and process monitoring programs
- Strong communication skills (technical writing and verbal communication/presentation)
- Familiarity with documentation in a highly regulated environment
- Interacts effectively with variety of communication and working styles
- Ability to independently determine when additional resources are required to solve problems
- Demonstrated skills in the following areas:

- Basic project management
- Commissioning and Qualification
- Scheduling
- Collaboration
- Completion and follow-up
- Ability to provide solutions to a large variety of technical problems

**Thrive**:
**What you can expect of us**

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.
- Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization
- Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
- Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits

**for a career that defies imagination**:
In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.

**Equal Opportunity Statement**:
Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.